Cad Skills Assessment

This service is aimed at existing users of the software or Cad managers and could apply to the full blown package or the cut down equivalent – AutoCAD LT.

We would assess the use of AutoCAD within your organisation with the aim of advising you of features of the software that you are currently under utilising or never knew existed which will in turn lead to an increase in productivity.

From our experiences of working with many different companies or individuals over the years, there is a good grounding of AutoCAD expertise but some alarming gaps in knowledge for a lot of people when it comes to some fairly fundamental topics such as using dwt files to their full potential, using tool palettes at all, creating and editing text and dimensions correctly etc.

It is frustrating to see drawings with basic errors in their composition that cause all sorts of problems and could be easily avoided.

The following is a list of topics for consideration that will hopefully provide food for thought and spark debate as to whether you are carrying out day to day tasks in the most efficient manner.  

How to:

Send drawings electronically using the correct method.
Batch plot your drawings. Avoid the mtext window filling the screen.
Automatically scale text and dimension sizes.
Set linetype scale in model space and paper space easily.
Set up blocks so they can have any layer, colour, linetype and lineweight.
Use tool palettes to store lines, text settings etc. for consistent re-use.
Store many variations in a single block reference.
Store and pre-define properties for blocks and other objects.
Manage large numbers of layers effortlessly.
Allow items to be printed with different lineweights at different scales.

Solve:

Hatch pattern scaling problems.
Why you sometimes can’t delete a layer.
A$C1234 block names - what are they and how do you avoid them.

Why you should be wary of or avoid altogether:

Choosing different fonts from the drop down list in mtext.
Increasing dimension variable sizes.
Overriding bylayer with individual colours.
Using copy and paste.
Using the standard text style.

Download a more detailed CAD Skills Assessment outline.

You may also find the information we have put together on everyday problems in AutoCAD useful as it is closely linked to assessing your AutoCAD usage and offering advice and solutions to your queries. Please click here for more information.

Please remember that we will tailor the exact course content and duration to your needs and we are more than happy to mix and match topics from any of the course outlines or include anything you would like to learn that we haven't mentioned.

 Please do not hesitate to contact us with your enquiry.